# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-giraldi
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:18:00.925Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-giraldi"
name: "Bob Giraldi"
slug: "bob-giraldi"
description: "Robert Nicholas Giraldi is an American filmmaker, music video and commercial director, educator, and restaurateur. He is known for directing the film Dinner Rush (2000) and the music video for Michael Jackson's \"Beat It\" (1983). Giraldi has been inducted into the Art Director's Hall of Fame, one of the few film directors to be honored; and, in 2014, was the first director ever to be inducted to the Advertising Hall of Fame. His work has garnered several London International Awards, Cannes Advertising Awards, NY International Awards, Addy Awards, Chicago Film Festival Awards, and dozens of Clio Awards. He has been named one of the 101 Stars Behind 100 Years of Advertising."
tagline: "American film director (born 1939)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Advertising_Hall_of_Fame.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1939-01-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.73
  momentum:             8.486486486486486
  historical:           8.666621333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0320588/"
    handle:    "nm0320588"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.bobgiraldi.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/303031"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%89"
    title: "بوب جيرالدى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Giraldi"
    title: "Bob Giraldi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Giraldi"
    title: "Bob Giraldi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Giraldi"
    title: "Bob Giraldi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Giraldi"
    title: "Bob Giraldi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Giraldi"
    title: "Bob Giraldi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8_%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%88%DB%8C"
    title: "باب گرالڈی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e425291e-fb4f-462e-a916-3d08d4327518"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2907674"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/89467"
    title: "Bob Giraldi"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump